[sdiy] Rising "Realsitic Electronic Reverb" prices and the urgetomodify...

anthony aankrom at bluemarble.net
Tue Apr 29 01:34:22 CEST 2008


Oh and kudos for using those bitchin' Alps toggle switches (DPDT & DP3T) 
which are the same ones that the Minimoog or one other or more of the Norlin 
Moogs used. Probably the MG-1 too.

>> You're kidding? I don't care what anyone says, it's a good design. For 
>> what it really does and more.
>>
>>>
>>> Jeez, I designed this thing in 1980 and it won't die :)
>>>
>>> Paul S.
>
> Nope, I did preliminary work on it when I was a co-op student at Texas A&M
> and working at Tandy repairing TRS-80s and also some BBD work with 
> Reticon.
>
> I went back to work at Tandy starting in May 1980 and did that, a little 
> 'audio enhancement'
> box for TVs (used National Semi's DNR [Dynamic Noise Reduction] IC,)  a 
> "get around
> the Orban patent" stereo filed generator combined with "couldn't get 
> around the patent" BBD
> HRTF [head-related transfer function] circuit which later turned into the 
> patented 'Spacializer'
> system for expanding the apparent stereo soundstage.
>
> ANd then I worked on the Moog/Tandy MG-1 synth with Moog designer Rich 
> Walborn.
>
> Bet you didn't think anyone at Radio Shack knew about all this sort of 
> stuff :)
>
> Paul S.
>
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